Clothes peg



' 1,621,108 March 15 1927' H; J. DREW ET AL CLOTHES PEG Filed April 1. 1926 Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

HENRY JAMES DREW, OF BRUNSWICK, JOHN ALFRED I-IUGI-IES DREW, OF ELSTERN- WICK, AND JOHN FRANCIS GARDINEE, OF GARDENVALE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA,

AUSTRALIA.

LIMITED, OF ELSTEENWICK,

CLOTHES PEG.

Application filed April 1, 1926, Serial No. 98,956, and in Australia April}, 1925.

. that when they are forced over the clothes on the line there is a tendency for them to spring ofi especially if there is a strong wind blowing. y

The object of the present invention is to provide a clothes peg which is durable in construction, economical. in manufacture and will exert a tight grip on the clothes sus-. pended from a line lrrespective of the thickness of the line or whether the articles sus' pendedtherefrom are of a coarse or fine texture.

we accomplish the above mentioned object by forming a peg of a pair of separately formed gripping jaws which are pressed together by looped pieces of resilient wlre. The jaws are vformed at their gripping ends with transversely disposed recesses which accommodate the central part of the looped wire and the ends of the said wire bear against the outside of the jaws near the top thereof and maintain the said jaws pressed firmly together.

In order that the invention, the object and nature of which have been set forth, may be readily understood reference 'will now be had to the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings, wherein- I Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating a piece of shaped wood from which a number of gripping jaws may be cut.

Figure 2 is a View in perspective of two pieces of shaped wood held together by looped pieces of wire and as assembled prior to cutting the pieces of wood transversely to form a number of complete pegs in accordance with the invention.

In these drawmgs like characters of reference have been employed to indicate the same parts in the diflt'erent views and'the letter a designates apiece-of resilient wire preferably galvanized or provided'with some anticorrosive coating, which is bent into a loop of circularor other approved shape, with'the two ends bent inwardly to lie'more or less parallel or at an angle to each other, see Figure '3. r

The gripping aws b may be-formed from rectangular pieces of wood or other material and their lower ends are splayed to form a V-shaped opening c which will'permit the peg being easily attached to a clothes line. The inner ends of the splayed ends of the jaws can terminate in circular recesses 03 1 which are shaped to enable a more efiectual grip to be obtained on the clothes line. I A deep longitudinal recesse, preferably a saw-cut, is made in the lower end of each jaw at right angles to the V-shaped opening 0 and these recesses are in the same plane and areadapted to accommodate the central part of the resilient wire a. The ends or inwardly turned parts ofthe 'l oops of resilient wire fitted into holes formed in the outer sides of the jaws, as shown in Figure 4, or they can be given any other approved shape that will give the greatest efliciency in use.

One simple and economical method of constructing pegs in accordance with the present invention is to shape a number of flat pieces oi wood as shown 1n F lgure'l.

Twoof these pieces of shaped wood are then placed face to face as shown in Figure 2 and looped pieces of wire a are inserted into the longitudinal recesses e and pushed inwardly I until the returned ends of the wires bear against the upper parts of the gripping jaws, as shown.

l/Vhen looped pieces of wire a have been placed in all the recesses the pieces of wood are cut or sawn transversely midway between the said recesses as indicated by the dotted lines at g in Figure 2, thereby forming a peg .at each cut. The sides of the comline :the .wirenv ll eXert an increased'pressure on the jaws and tend to force; them togeltherto ensure a firm grip on the articleto I Avhich it-is affixed. :In Figure' l of the draw- V ings; the two-jaws a-re -in their-normal -posigtionsvinz-full; lines and in dotted lines inthe position they occupy when the'peg isplaced son a clothes line.

{peg =constructed as hereinheforedescribed isexceedingly simple. in construction,

iwillnoceupy a small space and inuselwill "be found thoroughly eificient for the. purpose lfor which it has been devised.

' WVeEcla m Iv I -1. Ajclothes tpeg .-.compri sing ,a pair of separately formed jaws having longitudinally disposed recesses= in the corresponding grip-ping ends thereof, and a loop ofresilient Lwire having its central part extend- :ing through and engaged bythe recesses and aits .encls bearing agalnst and press ng the jaws together. r2.-3;A' clothes peg coinprisinga pair of iseparatelycforrned :j awshaving splayed gripping ends deep longitudinally ldisposed rea signatures. 7 I

cesses inthe, gripping ends. of the .jaws at right angles'tofthe-splayed gripping ends, and a loop of resillent wire having its central part engaged by the longitudinal recesses and its ends bearing against outsides of the said-jaws.

\ 3. A clothes pegcoinprisinga pair of aws formed of material of rectangularshape in cross section, splayed gripping ends on the jaws adapted to form a ll shap d entrance therebetween, longitudinally disposed re wardly turned ends on the looped piece. of.

wire adapted fro bear against the jaws to Lkeep; them pressed resiliently together.

. 44 A clothes. v peg compris ng a pair oi vgri api ig j aws, an splayed openingfhetween I the gripping ends of; the. aws, circular recesses in the gripping faces of the jaws at the upperi end ofthesplayed entrance thereto,longitu dinal recesses in the grippingrcnds ofthe jaws at right-anglestothe splayed entrance, and a lOOpfidlDlGCG of resilient] wire haying its central" part extending through and engaged by the longitudinal recesses above the said" circularsrecessesand its ends bearing against the out'sides ojf the jaws.

In witnesswliereof we HENRY, JAMESDREW. r

ce iin-i h ;s ippin i e d :ofth jaws at right v angles to [the HV =shaped.entrance, a loopedg piece of resilient wii'e .liayingitscen- -tralportion engaged by the recesses, and inhereunto affix our JOHN vALFRED HUGHES VDREl V. 5 I

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